Epistemological, Espistemology, Episteme


Episetmology : the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity.
From Greek: Episteme
OED: Epistemological, n.   The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.
1856   J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic 48   This section of the science is properly termed the
Epistemology..It answers the general question, ‘What is Knowing and the Known?’ or more shortly, ‘What is Knowledge?’
1883   Athenæum 20 Oct. 492/3   He divides his work into four sections, dealing with
epistemology, ontology, anthropology, and ethics.
This word has often come in essay relating to Blood Meridian and Episteme is often used by Micheal Foucault.
Episteme: This term, which Foucault introduces in his book The Order of Things, refers to the orderly 'unconscious' structures underlying the production of scientific knowledge in a particular time and place. It is the 'epistemological field' which forms the conditions of possibility for knowledge in a given time and place. It has often been compared to T.S Kuhn's notion of paradigm.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ~ James Joyce

Pragmatic Overtones in Cormac McCarthy’s The Orchard Keeper

Classics Club Book List